Cigar tip



P 1965 E. REDFORD 3,204,643

CIGAR TIP Filed April 5, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

EDh/A 20 L 250F090 Sept. 7, 1965 E. L. REDFoRb CIGAR TIP 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 3, 1962 IN VENTOR.

Fob/4P0 L RFD/ 0120 United States Patent 3,204,643 CIGA'R TIP Edward L. Redford, Elizabeth, N.J., assignor to Belgo International, Bronx, N.Y., a partnership Filed Apr. 3, 1962, Bar. No. 184,751 1 Claim. (Cl. 131-187) This invention relates in general to a cigar tip or mouthpiece of the general type disclosed in my Patent No. 2,869,558 dated January 20, 1959, the tip being formed of a synthetic plastic composition such as polyethylene which provides a relatively soft and resiliently flexible gripping surface for the teeth of a smoker and can be inexpensively molded; and the present invention also contemplates such a mouthpiece that has a hollow boss or socket containing a filter of cellulosic or other suitable filter material.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide such a cigar tip or mouthpiece which embodys novel and improved features of construction providing for circulation and cooling of the smoke after it leaves the cigar and before it reaches the mouth of the smoker, and which permits comfortable and satisfying smoking of a cigar with an open butt end by preventing the passage of short tobacco fillerfrom the cigar into the mouth of a smoker, the open butt end of the cigar permitting the full fiavor of the tobacco to be enjoyed by the smoker without the excessive heat in the smoke that would normally occur during the smoking of a cigar having an open butt end.

Still another object is to provide a cigar tip which shall comprise a one-piece molded body having a draft aperture at one end, a hollow boss projecting into said body from said end forming a recess opening at one end into the hollow body and communicating at its other end with said draft aperture, and means for positively limiting insertion of a cigar into the other end of the body so as to hold the end of the cigar in pre-determined spaced relation to said hollow boss and permit circulation of smoke between said hollow boss and the wall of said body.

Other objects, advantages and results of the invention will be brought out by the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevation of a cigar tip embodying the invention shown as applied to the end of a cigar;

FIGURE 2 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary longitudinal vertical sectional view approximately on the plane of the line 2-2 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the plane of the line 3-3 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 4 is an end elevation of the tip from the planes of the line 44 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged front elevation of a cigar tip embodying a modification of the invention, with portions broken away and shown in section;

FIGURE 6 is an end view of the tip shown in FIG- URE 5;

FIGURE 7 is a composite side elevation and vertical longitudinal section on the plane of the line 77 of FIGURE 5;

FIGURE 8 is a view similar to FIGURE 2 showing another modification of the invention; and

FIGURE 9 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the plane of the line 9-9 of FIGURE 8.

Specifically describing the embodiment of the invention shown in FIGURES 1 through 4, the reference character A designates a cigar of any suitable construction and shape, the butt end 1 of which is shown as open instead of closed by the wrapper' 2, the filler 3 of the cigar thus being exposed at said butt end thereof.

Patented Sept. 7, 1965 The tip or mouthpiece B has an elongated hollow thin walled flexible body 4 of a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the cigar, which is shown as circular. The body 4 has one end open and its other end closed as by a relatively stitf and relatively non-yieldable end wall 5, and the butt end of the cigar is snugly fitted into the open end of the body portion as best shown in FIGURE 2.

The end portion 4a of the body having the end wall 5 is of adiameter substantially less than the diameter of the open end portion as best shown in FIGURE 2, thereby providing a shoulder 7 at the juncture of the two body portions which is abutted by the butt end of the cigar to limit the insertion of the cigar into the tip. The shoulder 7 also reinforces the tip against being turned inside out as the tip is stripped from the mold on which the tip is formed.

Projecting inwardly from and approximately coaxially with the end wall 5 of the tip is a hollow boss or like projection 6 of a diameter substantially less than the inner diameter of the other end portion 4b. As shown, the boss is cup-shaped and has a cylindrical wall projecting inwardly and integrally from the end wall 5 and forming an inner recess 8 in which may be placed a suitable filter element such as a short cylinder 9 of cellulosic or other filter material. A smoke 'or "draft aperture 10 is formed in the end wall 5 approximately coaxially therewith and opens into the recess 8. The filter element 9 is shown as a cylinder substantially shorter than the boss 6, and the boss 6 is of such length that it terminates short of the shoulder 7- so that its inner end will be spaced from the butt end of the cigar A inserted into the portion 4b of the body.

With this construction, it will be observed that the portion 4a of the'body and the boss 6 providea rela tively soft and resilient and yieldingly deformable but self-sustaining bit for the tip that can be comfortably held in the teeth of the smoker, and the space between the boss 6 and the body portion 4a plus the space between the end of the boss and the butt end of the cigar and the space in the recess 8 between the inner end of the boss and the filter element, all provide for circulation and cooling of the smoke that is drawn through the cigar and the draft aperture 10 into the mouth of the smoker. The filter element and the boss prevent the drawing of bits of cigar filler through the draft aperture 10 and the cigar is held in spaced relation to the filter element to reduce the possibility of accumulation of juices from the cigar that are deposited in the spaces between the flexible wall and the boss and the cigar, saturating the filter element. The end wall 5, when the body portion 4a is compressed by the teeth of the smoker, serves to abut the teeth and prevent accidental slipping of the tip from the mouth.

To facilitate insertion of a cylindrical filter element into the recess 8, the outer end portion 8a of the recess 8 may be of somewhat larger diameter than the other portion of the recess, the diameter of which is such as to snugly slidably receive the filter element so as to frictionally hold said filter element in the recess.

A modification of the tip is shown in FIGURES 5 through 7 where the hollow boss 11 is disposed intermediate the length of the body 12 of the tip so that a cigar holding front portion 12a is disposed at one end of the hollow boss and a bit portion 12b is disposed at the other end of the boss and has a draft aperture 13 which communicates with one end of the recess 14 of the hollow boss in which is arranged a filter element 15. In this form of tip, the inner periphery of the portion 12a of the body may be tapered as shown to limit the insertion of the butt end of the cigar into the tip.

When the butt end of the cigar is spaced from the inner end of the boss 11, when the tip is in use, the smoke may circulate in the space between the boss and the'body por diate the ends of the body 17 of the tip, between the cigar holding portion 17a and the bit- 17b,- similar to the construction shown in FIGURES 5 through; 7, and, the inner end of-the hollow boss 16 serves as an abutment for the butt end of the cigar C which in this case is shown as. having a perforation 18 at the butt-endas iscommon in cigars today. Where the cigar abuts the end-of the boss, the walls of the boss are provided with transverse apertures 19 therethrough in the zone of the recess 20 betweenthe inner end thereof; and the-filter element 21', so that the smoke may circulate through. saidapertures and through the space between the boss and thebody portion 17a. If desired, of course, the buttend of the cigar may be left open as shown-in FIGURE 2 because the hollow boss and the filter element will preventparticles of tobacco from passingthrough-the draft aperture 22in the bit portion 17b.

It will be understood thatthe details of construction of the tip or mouthpiece, its shape, size, and the materials of which it is formed, may be widely varied within the spirit and scopeof the-invention,

I claim:

A tip for a cigar comprising an elongated hollow one: piecemolded body'having a thin resilient flexible but self-sustaining wall of moisture resistant materialv open and shaped at one end to fit snugly over the butt=end of a cigarand having a transverse wall provided with a draft opening at the other end, said transverse wall having a cylindrical boss projecting integrally and inwardly therefrom in which'there' is a recess opening atone end into said hollow body and communicating at its other end with said draft opening, and smoke filtering material in said recess, said boss terminating a substantial distance from said open end of the body and providing a first space between itself and said flexible wall of the body throughout its circumference, said flexible wall being yieldingly deformable inwardly by the teeth of the smoker against said'boss, said boss being resilient but resistant to material deformation or collapse under pressure of the bite, the inner wall of the body being shaped to provide an abutment limiting insertion of the butt end of a cigar into the body and thus providing a second space between said end of the boss and the butt end of said cigar saidfirst and, second spaces functioning to provide circulation and cooling of-the smoke that is drawn through the cigar and the draft opening and also providing for deposition of juices in the body between the butt endof the cigar and said boss and said flexible wall to restrict passage of said juices into said filtering material.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES, PATENTS 564,482 7/96 Gilchrist 131-207 683,625 10/01 Thompson 13l187 732,841 7/03 Feix 131187 1,904,814 4/33 Auzelevitz 131--207 1,924,993 8/33 Kayner 131-11 2,755,206 7/56 Statia 131187 2,869,558 6/59 Redford 13l-187 FOREIGN PATENTS 610,225 10/48 Great Britain. 83 6,344 6/60 Great Britain.

SAMUEL KOREN, Primary Examiner.

MELVIN D. REIN, ABRAHAM G. STONE, Examiners. 

